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bird of minerva

Noun

Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (synset 101623768)
is a type of: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird - any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
subtypes:
- owlet - young owl
- athene noctua, little owl - small European owl
- horned owl - large owls having prominent ear tufts
- great gray owl, great grey owl, strix nebulosa - large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
- strix aluco, tawny owl - reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
- barred owl, strix varia - large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
- otus asio, screech owl - small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
- screech owl - any owl that has a screeching cry
- scops owl - any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
- spotted owl, strix occidentalis - a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest
- hoot owl - any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching
- hawk owl, surnia ulula - grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
- asio otus, long-eared owl - slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
- laughing jackass, laughing owl, sceloglaux albifacies - almost extinct owl of New Zealand
- barn owl, tyto alba - mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
belongs to: order strigiformes, strigiformes - owls

same as: bird of night, hooter, owl

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